Social Security

Here's a good article about the use of Social Security numbers as a defacto national numeric identifier. The author makes a good point about how if young people just starting in the workforce now are going to be paying into Social Security but likely won't see any return on that investment, why not let them opt-out of Social Security altogether? No Social Security would mean no SSN, meaning (potentially) lower risk of identity theft. Social Security is screwed up. The AARP needs to quit whining about never changing it, because it should never have become the entitlement system it is now.